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13 August 2005, 12:32 pm

LÖÖF And EKSTROM Take Second Behind PERCY And MITCHELL

Ringhals Star European Championship 2005

Varberg, Sweden

Frederik LÖÖF and Anders EKSTROM (SWE) secured second place at the ISAF Grade C1 Ringhals Star European Championship in Varberg, Sweden after finishing in front of World Champions Xavier ROHART and Pascal RAMBEAU (FRA) in yesterday's final race. Iain PERCY and Steve MITCHELL (GBR) sat out the race having already secured victory and the European title with a race to spare on Thursday.

The bullet in yesterday's race went to Germany's Alexander HAGEN and Kay FALKENTHAL, who crossed the line convincing winners ahead of Mark MENDELBLATT and Mark STRUBE (USA), a finish that lifted the American team above Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ and Dominik ZYCKI (POL) into fourth place. LÖÖF and EKSTROM came in in third place to ensure they held on to second place overall, whilst a finish of sixth kept ROHART and RAMBEAU in third.

LÖÖF and EKSTROM were amongst the leading boats at the first mark and easily managed to keep their position ahead of ROHART and RAMBEAU, who had to finish two positions ahead of the Swedes to reach the silver medal position.

Top Ten Results

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	GBR	Iain PERCY	Steve MITCHELL	5	5	1	1	6	(68) DNS	18
2	SWE	Fredrik LÖÖF	Anders EKSTRÖM	3	(22)	7	3	5	3	21
3	FRA	Xavier ROHART	Pascal RAMBEAU	2	(43)	14	2	2	6	26
4	USA	Mark MENDELBLATT	Mark STRUBE	1	(68) OCS	2	9	17	2	31
5	POL	Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ	Dominik ZYCKI	(14)	12	5	6	3	10	36
6	DEN	Benny ANDERSEN	Mogens JUST	4	(27)	9	4	12	11	40
7	GER	Alexander HAGEN	Kay FALKENTHAL	17	3	13	13	(19)	1	47
8	AUT	Hans SPITZAUER	Adi LUZLBAUER	9	9	3	7	(20)	20	48
9	POR	Afonso DOMINGOS	Bernardo SANTOS	6	1	12	17	16	(68) DNS	52
10	SWE	Mats JOHANSSON	Leif MÖLLER	7	(20)	18	8	15	5	53